Today I’m going back to basics and asking what is philosophy

Today I’m going back to basics and asking what is philosophy, how do we try to explain or define what philosophy is.
So, the word philosophy comes from the Greek word Philo, which means love and Sophia which means wisdom. So, the word itself means love of wisdom. Philosophy is the pursuit of knowledge. It is the study of our reality an in-depth look into life. Through all our scientific breakthroughs there is still so much of life that remains unanswered. We live every day knowing very little about our existence and this is where philosophy comes in. Philosophy seeks to find the fundamental truth about life, the world we live in and the reality we are part of. Philosophy attempts to answer the big questions we all want to know but are too overwhelmed to explore. What kind of questions? Where do we come from? What is the reason for our existence? Do we have a reason? Is there something beyond our empirical world? Does an empirical world even exist or is it all in the mind? Does God exist? What does it mean to be moral? Do we have free will? How should we be governed? These are just some of the questions that philosophers have wrestled with for many many years. Right and these are important questions. humans have always sought to understand life. The more we understand about life the better we live. But in order to get the answers we must first ask the questions. And by doing so, philosophers are trained to grapple with complex ideas and theories in order to try and answer these questions. By studying philosophy, you look at life in a new perspective. You analyze assess and argue every detail of our reality in order to reach the truth. Or perhaps your truth. Philosophy teaches you how to think. Your mind becomes sharp and finely tuned in exploring and analyzing all arguments to reach the best conclusions and by doing so you start to see this complex and confusing world a little clearer.